Recent Articles

• Per-employee healthcare costs to rise in 2019, but not as much as this…

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  As expected, employee health plan costs are likely to rise again, even if only marginally, by an estimated 4.1 percent in 2019, according to new research by the Mercer National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. The rise is actually slightly less than that of 2018, which has grown by as much as 4.2 percent. Mercer says the rise this year has fallen significantly from highs of 6.5 percent in years' past. While past years' increases have been substantial, the rises in premiums also were accompanied by common employer cost-control tactics.

• Why everyone should sign up for a physical challenge at least once

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  We all know one of those people who seem to always be entering this race, that event and undertaking yet another challenge. And often they’re asking for sponsorship. Let’s face it, it can be pretty annoying having to always put your hand in your pocket for their latest escapade, and even more annoying hearing all about their training, injuries, personal sacrifices and, of course, the post-event day rundown. However, if you’ve never taken part in such an event, be it a race, endurance event or challenge, then here’s why I think you should!

• Strategies to help your nurses provide safer patient care

  Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare Administration

  RNs are the backbone that makes every care team in your hospital run like clockwork. Yet these caregivers are often unsung heroes and heroines as well — they routinely work beyond their physical and emotional limits for the good of their patients, and do so without complaint. As a hospital administrator, however, it's crucial to realize that the more essential support you provide your RNs with, the sharper they'll be when it comes to caring for every patient — improving health outcomes across the board. Employ these proven points to help your nurses accomplish their best work every day.

• Discovery of key mechanism in embryonic skin development could improve…

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  A new discovery of a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos could improve skin grafts. Developmental biologists are still working to understand the process by which embryonic progenitors coordinate cell fate specification and establish transcriptional and signaling competence. In a new study, researchers show that transcription factor DeltaNp63 profoundly alters the transcriptome and remodels thousands and thousands of open chromatin regions of Krt8+ progenitors during epidermal fate specification.

• Managing the boss: The basics

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Managing up is a necessary skill at any level. It can be challenging, but by default, the way we act will influence how the person above us treats us. As such, like with any management approach, it is best to be informed, proactive and purposeful. Here are a few fundamental skills and actions necessary to successfully manage the boss.

• Visibility as a path to healthcare career success

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Being visible is a key to success that the savviest healthcare professionals adopt as their modus operandi. Visibility is multifaceted, occurring both within and outside your workplace, and the potential impact on your career trajectory is often woefully overlooked. Visibility within your place of employment creates new opportunities since those with influence may more readily take notice of your contributions. It also creates circumstances wherein you can leverage what you accomplish in your current position to curry favor with future employers.

• 4 questions to diffuse a tense situation

  Deborah Ike Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  When you bring people with various personalities, working styles and backgrounds together, a few tense moments are almost inevitable. It doesn’t seem to matter that your team is talented and diligent. Even when you put considerable effort into building relationships, conflict can happen. The issue could be rooted in a personality difference, varying communication styles, or frayed nerves from a challenging project. Whatever the cause, ignoring the problem isn’t going to make it disappear. When caught in a tense moment, try one of these questions to diffuse the situation.

• McDonald’s workers strike against sexual harassment in several major…

  Michelle R. Matisons Food & Beverage

  A lot has changed in labor organizing as the Fight for $15 campaign, which seeks to raise the minimum wage, and the #MeToo movement addressing workplace sexual harassment recently merged to target workplace sexual harassment against McDonald’s workers. On Sept. 19, McDonald’s workers in 10 cities — including Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Orlando, Durham, and Kansas City — hit the streets demanding better sexual harassment training programs, a better employee complaint process, and a sexual harassment complaint committee.

• Fair trade? China-US tariff tensions rise

  Seth Sandronsky Civil & Government

  Take the world's two biggest economies. Then, increase trade tariffs, or taxes, as a policy to solve disputes. President Trump said on Sept. 17 that tariffs on $267 billion of China’s imports to the U.S., its top buyer, will begin on Sept. 24 (10 percent) and rise in 2019 (25 percent) if Chinese concessions to Washington are not met. In response, officials in China have announced retaliatory tariffs of $60 billion on U.S. imports. Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, downplayed the economic impacts of the U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods to American businesses and consumers.

• How to improve your organization’s telecommuting policies

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  For many employees, there's no greater perk than working from home. Workers appreciate the opportunity as well: a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study found that remote workers often go above and beyond what's expected of them, and are "good citizens" in an organization — positive, cooperative and friendly to their peers. As a manager, it's helpful to re-examine your telecommuting philosophy from time to time for a few important reasons. You want to make sure your remote workers can always receive the info they need, feel fully engaged as part of your organization, and stay as productive as possible.

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